07-19-2022, 03:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-19-2022, 04:02 PM by Eric the Green.)
(07-14-2022, 10:16 AM)David Horn Wrote:(07-13-2022, 10:35 PM)JasonBlack Wrote:Quote:The Boomers did not invent child abuse; far from it
I at least would never make that claim. 2T boomers were negligent, irresponsible and trying to rebel against a world they had not yet taken the time to understand, but they weren't particularly sadistic or especially cruel. imo, they corrected for many of these traits in the 3T where they doubled down on responsible parenting with varying degrees of success.
That's a great point, but one that needs a bit of clarification. We grew-up in a world where the ugly parts were purposely hidden, so naiveté was virtually guaranteed. We knew right from wrong (more than can often be said today), but we lacked the abilty to see the many shades of gray, where ideal was simply unavailable and good-enough seemed inadequate. So yes, we screwed up a lot, but our hearts being in the right place is a sour excuse. Cnicism won far too often, and is now the de facto standard. We're tired; we can't fix it. I only hope we raised you all well enough to do it for us.
I don't know if we quite did that. It is still up to us Boomers to lead.
It's true not enough blue boomers have stepped forward to lead who can actually win, and no blue Gen Xers have. Is that because they are tired, or just too cynical about politics? Although Jones Boomers started out as conservative, they became more evenly divided later. From that group there are politicians who can win, but they haven't stepped forward either. So we are stuck with the Silent/Boomer cuspers who are still leading us. And we may have to settle for them.
Maybe it's that Uranus-Neptune trine they were born with. They were always the leaders of our "sixties generation"
We Boomers not necessarily tired. We can lead, even if not as top political leaders. We can't fix it alone though, because we are too divided. We especially need the millennials to be truly civic and thus participate and be liberal, and help lead too.
